Transforming The Digital Landscape of a Semiconductor Giant Through Global SharePoint Migration and Modernization
A Fortune 500 semiconductor company successfully migrated and modernized its global SharePoint environment, streamlining data management, strengthening security, and enabling advanced collaboration across 14 TB of content and 1,000 sites.
Customer
Fortune 500 Semiconductor company
Organization Size20,000CountryUSA
Solutions ProvidedSharePoint Online Migration
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When this project first began, finding truly competent technical resources for a task of this magnitude was a significant challenge. However, from the initial planning and research stages to the complex execution of the migration, and even finding and creating solutions for intricate workflows and replacement forms - every aspect was handled with a high degree of skill and commitment.
It has been a lengthy project, but the smooth progression is a testament to your excellent work. I am particularly impressed and happy that the entire process has gone without a single escalation to date. I am very much looking forward to a successful wrap-up by end of the year.
Thank you again for your hard work and stellar results.
Client’s Senior ManagerCollaboration Platforms
Case Study
Challenges
The customer faced the following challenges in their SharePoint environment:
- SharePoint on-premises end of life support.
- Confusion on where to store content leading the information sprawl.
- Non-optimal information architecture.
- Unsupported customizations like Full trust code, XML Forms, InfoPath Forms, SP Designer workflows.
- Lack of compliance tools in SharePoint on-premises.
Solution
The components that the customer got migrated were:
- 14 TB of data to SP Online.
- 80 SharePoint Site Collections and 1000 sub-sites.
- 300 customizations (Workflows, Forms) built and analyzed 800+ customizations to determine scope.
- 30 Intranet Sites with 1000+ custom webpages.
Netwoven supported the customer with:
- Discovery and Auditing of the SharePoint on-premises environment.
- Migration strategy and Roadmap to outline migration approach, tools requirements and timeline to limit business disruption.
- Target environment design and setup that included new information architecture aligning to Microsoft’s best practices.
- Redesign and development of the XML Forms, InfoPath Forms and Designer Workflows using Power Platform solutions.
- Redesign and development of the customer’s Intranet Sites using a 3rd party and out-of-the-box page development tools.
- Permissions and security mapping.
- Adoption and Change Management that included communications plan, training sessions, support site development etc. for smooth transition to SharePoint Online.
- Hypercare support to address any migration and customizations support.
Benefit
- The customer has access to modern features including modern SharePoint UI, enhanced webparts, and integration with tools like Microsoft Teams, Copilot, and OneDrive.
- Lower infrastructure costs by eliminating the costly on-premises hardware maintenance, patching and data center operations, shifting IT focus to business-critical activities.
- Modernization of customizations to Power Platform based solutions.
- Enhanced security posture from SharePoint’s native cloud security, advanced encryption, MFA and DLP capabilities.
- Optimized user experience by having an improved user-friendly information architecture and global navigation.
